The building continues

We finally got a load of material from Lowes, which consisted of OSB and Drywall for inside and the building materials for the front porch. Mom and dad ordered their block from Lowes last week and they might get it next week. They’ve had trucks to break down and drivers in the hospital so it is hard to get a delivery right now.

Thanks to my uncle Basil, we have a beautiful, level front yard. Basil spent most of his younger days on a dozer and now he is up in his years and still has the touch. He did a wonderful job on our yard! We thank him so much and thank God that he is still able to get out and work like in his younger days.

This Saturday Eric and I plan to install this beautiful handmade wood mantel. Eric cut it out himself, sanded it, and varnished it. We plan to hang it on the living room wall, which will be covered with natural creek rock and our, soon to be purchased, flat screen will hang over the mantel. More pictures to come.

Wiring & Insulation

Dad dozing on our yard.

Wiring in the living room.

A dry wall putter - upper....provided by Uncle Boyce.

Installing insulation in the ceiling.

Sorry the pictures are a little blurry. I forgot the digital camera and had to use my phone.

For the past few weeks, Eric has been working diligently on the wiring. He, along with the help of his dad, his grandpa, and my dad, have managed to get the upstairs completely wired for electricity. Plus, last week, Allegheny Power came out and hooked up to the main power pole and ran underground to our house. We are very excited to have power now!

Also, the walls were insulated a couple of weeks ago and this past Saturday, we got insulation in the ceiling. So, our walls are ready for dry wall.....very exciting! Dad has been working a lot on dozing the dirt around the house to make our yard nice and level.

Cedar Stained Siding

To all my followers: Cookout on August 1st, 2009 6:30 pm....come and join us for some food and good times, plus you can check out the house in person!
We wanted the color of cedar and I think we got it. Eric and I are happy with the color. What do you guys think?

This looks dangerous, doesn't it?

This side litterally took about 15 minutes to stain...even with two coats.

This "high side" was the first side that they attempted. It was the hardest and took the longest to do.

This is my cousin, Tiny, he graciously helped us apply the stain to the log siding. With this fancy spayer, it made for a pretty easy job. I can say that b/c I was only gophering and taking pics....but, I'm sure it was a lot easier than brushing or rolling the stain on.

We have absolutely had so much help on our house. My cousin Butch helped us out tremondously on getting the stain.

Sunny House

There is a dug well behind the house, it's probably been there since before the 1950's. We didn't have any idea if we could use it for water or not but, my dad had Dale Grose to bring his well drilling rig out and clean out the well. He pulled a bunch of trash out of it & FOUND WATER. So, we are really excited and think that we may be able to run our house on this well. This is a picture of some the metal dad pulled out with a magnet. The well is 88 feet deep and there's about 15 feet of water. Dale told us that it will pump about 8 gallons a minute.

I called today and ordered a water testing kit just to make sure the water is safe for drinking. I'm going to pay to have the water tested for arsenic, fluoride, lead, and nitrates. I also have to call another lab to have it tested for bacteria. It never hurts to be safe! Eric thinks I'm crazy and am wasting the money but, I don't care. If there is something bad in it, he'll be apologizing to me.

Dad went out on the farm this morning and took this picture. It is really the best picture of the house, yet. You can actually see the color of the roof. Eric said that it looked like a picture out of a magazine.

Check out our siding!

Our house looks really tall here!

Eric and I both love our burgundy door & think it goes great with the siding, hopefully it will go great with the color of the stain! We are getting a cedar color and hopefully by next weekend.

This picture was taken from inside & it was raining.

We've had outlet boxes in for a while, I just forgot to get a picture of them.

Everything is still messy outside but, that will change soon! The outside of the house is pretty much finished, we just need to get gutters and build the porch and deck.

Eric's Uncle Clinton & his crew are doing a wonderful job, especially considering this is the first time that they've installed this type.

The corners make it look like real logs....they were the corners alone cost almost as much as all the siding!